Overflow Omaha crowd launches U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

‘We are living in two Americas,’ says the Vermont senator and former presidential candidate

By: Jamie Reiff - February 22, 2025 1:28 am

OMAHA – U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders kicked off his “Fighting Oligarchy” nationwide tour in Omaha Friday night, drawing an overflow crowd of more than 2,500 with hundreds more turned away.

The progressive independent from Vermont spoke to supporters about what he said is division in the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Sanders said he chose Omaha as his first tour stop because of its working-class voters who were swayed toward Republican candidates in the 2024 election. The former presidential candidate said he wants to encourage people, similar to those living in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, to recognize policies that could hurt them and their livelihoods.

He said that 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck while rich people are receiving tax cuts.


U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent and former presidential candidate, kicked off his “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here” tour in Omaha on Friday. (Courtesy of Jamie Reiff, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

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